Overview

• Disney pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live after FCC chair Brendan Carr pressured ABC and major station owners, with Nexstar and Sinclair saying they would preempt the show.
• In a Deadline column, Dan Gilroy connects Andor’s themes to current events and warns Disney it “stands at a crossroads” between firing Kimmel or defending speech.
• Writers and allies demonstrated at Disney’s Burbank headquarters, carrying signs that invoked the Star Wars series to criticize the suspension.
• Fresh off an Emmy for Andor Season 2, Gilroy urges creatives to organize and “speak truth to authority,” warning of escalating intimidation and censorship.
• Former CEO Michael Eisner publicly rebuked Disney leadership for failing to resist political pressure over the Kimmel decision.